Canada stamped itself on the international stage with its first-ever medal at the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup on Sunday. And emotions were high.
Dillon Brooks scored a game-high 39 points and Canada survived a fourth-quarter comeback by the U.S. to win 127-118 in overtime and claim bronze in Manila, Philippines.
The second-ranked Americans went on a 12-0 run to take the lead with 6:23 remaining. They sent it to overtime with 0.6 seconds left. Brooks set a Canadian single-game scoring record for most points in a World Cup, topping Carl Ridd's mark of 37 in 1954. Steve Nash — a Basketball Hall of Famer and member of Canada's Olympic team in 2000 — shared a post of Canada winning the medal with three joyful teary-eyed emojis on his Instagram account.
"Everybody was complaining … saying politics, this and that … But obviously there was a plan in place by, I guess Rowan Barrett, who had the mindset of looking towards the future. And so we got a lot of heat because they were in our club and they were the best players.
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